Shortly before the end of the war, Hungarians committed mass murder against Hungarians: At the beginning of February 1945, snipers and gendarmes gathered local Roma at the border of Várpalota, dug a pit with them, and then shot them: one hundred and eighteen people were murdered, while another five victims were executed in the main square of the city.

Despite this, plans for a memorial to the victims of the Roma Holocaust were prepared in Hungary early in 1974, even by international comparison: the sculptor was György Jovánovics, an outstanding figure of the neo-avant-garde generation of artists. The sculptor was interviewed by art historian Dániel Véri.

• „Őt oda lőtték be a magyarok, közkatonák” – Interjú Jovánovics Györggyel 1974-es cigány holokauszt emlékmű terveiről. In: 444. 06.11.2023. https://osaarchivum.444.hu/2023/11/06/ot-oda-lottek-be-a-magyarok-kozkatonak-interju-jovanovics-gyorggyel-az-1974-es-cigany-holokauszt-emlekmu-terveirol